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Who will win the 2008 Tour de France?
Will we see a ''winner'' in this year's Tour?.
The 2008 Tour de France is almost ready to conclude despite all these doping scandals that have plagued cycling's premiere event.
Of course, this year?s Tour is still something Cadel Evans to lose. He already has a firm grasp on that title and if everything works out as planned, I won?t be surprised to see this guy winning it. So who else will win this year?s Tour if Evans finds himself being tested positive for performance enhancing drugs?
First we have Damiano Cunego. He has shown considerable growth as a rider since winning the 2004 Giro d?Italia, the type of results and maturity that is needed to win the world?s biggest cycling race.
The 26-year-old won the young rider classification in his only Tour de France appearance in 2006 but failed to live up to his earlier promise until he won the Giro di Lombardia last fall. Add to the fact that he is a former winner of the Giro d?Italia, the ??little prince'? who rides for Lampre is a huge talent in stage racing, especially in the mountains. Next we have Alejandro Valverde. Known as the ?Green Bullet? in some circles, he might just be blasting his way to the top of the Tour de France podium.
The 28 year-old Spaniard from Murcia who was brilliant throughout 2006 has that same spark this year, thanks to big wins like Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Dauphine Libere. The former was a welcome addition to Valverde?s solid palmares, but the latter, coming only three weeks before the Tour de France depart, indicates that his one-day racing legs have developed to handle stages races.
Alejandro Valverde is also a proficient...
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Joe Calzaghe-Roy Jones Jr. bout pushed back
Since beating Bernard Hopkins with his thousand slaps, Joe Calzaghe the Pride of Whales and current WBO and WBC Super Middleweight Champion as well as Ring Magazine?s Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion postponed his fight against Roy Jones Jr. who is duly noted for once owning the WBA, WBC, IBO, IBF, NABF, WBF [...]
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